Word: psyche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every year, thousands and thousands of dollars in grant money are given to Psych students so they can finish their theses. Lots of that money could go to you if you're willing to help. The best part is that these future B.F. Skinners don't need help writing, proofreading, or even collating; they need... subjects...
...repeatedly struck by the primitive lack of concern which we show for the unborn. We ask how can our community condone the snuffing out of the brilliant children of Harvard? For the sake of an attractive figure, a reputation, and an "A" in Psych, a small piece of humanity is being discarded from a world that needs bright minds more than ever before. Wake up, Harvard, or the students of the next century will regard you as a once great university that preached its lofty ideas to the world but didn't notice the suffering in its own bosom. Kenneth...
...defeat as a boon to an iniquitous empire. Sports officials on both sides exploited the conflict to raise funds. The political overtones helped motivate athletes. Says swimmer Rowdy Gaines, who won three Olympic gold medals: "I always found it helpful to have the Soviets around so I could psych myself up against an enemy of my country." At its most extreme, politics pollutes sportsmanship; the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow, and the Soviets snubbed the 1984 Games held in Los Angeles...
...spectators are right in your face," Leschly said. "Columbia gets a lot of people out to watch the match, trying to psych you out. It's very intimidating...
Wearing snug aerobic leotards and boots, the high-stepping Illinettes do their best to psych up fans at football and basketball games. Though the task force suggested that boozy frat and tailgate parties should go too, it's the threatened pompon ban that has the campus stirred up. "We've been made a scapegoat," charges Illinette squad captain Pam Withers, 20, who says the Illinettes are campus role models. "We consider this a serious sport...